Switching to Linux: A Windows developer’s view

A few weeks ago, I switched my development environment from Windows to Linux, on a project which was developed so far on Windows only. In this post, I want to describe the issues that brought me to this switch, a short overview how I did the actual port, and some observations on Linux for developers. [...]

Linux Foundation to Microsoft: stop secretly attacking Linux

Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin has a message for Microsoft: he wants the software giant to stop attacking Linux. Zemlin contends that Microsoft is engaged in a covert war against the open source operating system and that the company’s hostile behavior is detrimental to the growing number of Microsoft customers who deploy mixed Windows [...]

Western New York Linux User Group (WNYLUG)

It’s been awhile since I posted and after reading Jeff’s blog about “Open Source Apps” I thought it would be a perfect time for a little self-promotion of a new Linux User Group I helped get off the ground  http://wnylug.org. The groups focus is to serve the Western New York Linux Users of all skill [...]

The future of virtualization in Linux.

The situation surrounding KVM, Xen, and Linux virtualization is pretty confused right now. I’ll attempt to do my best to set things straight. For the record I will state that this is purely my own opinions and does not represent any official position of any Linux distribution, though just recently Red Hat has announced it [...]